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2000 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 2000 Formula One season was the 51st season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 2000 FIA Formula One World Championship which commenced on March 12, 2000, and ended on October 22 after seventeen races. Michael Schumacher became Ferrari's first World Drivers Champion for 21 years having clinched the drivers' title at the penultimate race of the season, the Japanese Grand Prix. Ferrari successfully defended their Constructors' title.

The season was marred by one death: a race marshal, Paolo Ghislimberti, was killed at the 2000 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The two Jordans collided on the approach to the Variante della Roggia chicane and slid into the cars ahead of them. The marshal was struck by a loose tyre from one of the Jordans.[1] Michael Schumacher considered quitting the sport as this was the first death in F1 since driver Ayrton Senna's in 1994.[2]

Drivers and constructors[]

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2000 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No Driver Rounds Test driver(s)
25px UK West McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4/15 Mercedes FO110J B 1 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen All 25px France Olivier Panis
2 25px UK David Coulthard All
25px Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F1-2000 Ferrari 049 B 3 25px Germany Michael Schumacher All 25px Italy Luca Badoer
4 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello All
25px Flag of the Republic of Ireland Benson and Hedges Jordan Jordan EJ10
EJ10B
Mugen-Honda MF-301 HE B 5 25px Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen All 25px Template:Country alias Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
6 25px Italy Jarno Trulli All
25px UK Jaguar Racing Jaguar R1 Cosworth CR-2 B 7 25px UK Eddie Irvine 1–9, 11–17 25px Brazil Luciano Burti
25px UK Dario Franchitti
25px Brazil Luciano Burti 10
8 25px UK Johnny Herbert All
25px UK BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW22 BMW E41 B 9 25px Germany Ralf Schumacher All 25px Brazil Bruno Junqueira
25px Germany Jörg Müller
10 25px UK Jenson Button All
25px Italy Mild Seven Benetton Playlife Benetton B200 Playlife FB02 B 11 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella All 25px Japan Hidetoshi Mitsusada
25px Brazil Antônio Pizzonia
12 25px Austria Alexander Wurz All
25px France Gauloises Prost Peugeot Prost AP03 Peugeot A20 B 14 25px France Jean Alesi All 25px France Stéphane Sarrazin
15 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld All
25px Switzerland Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber C19 Petronas SPE 04A B 16 25px Brazil Pedro Diniz All 25px Brazil Enrique Bernoldi
25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen
17 25px Finland Mika Salo All
25px UK Orange Arrows Arrows A21 Supertec FB02 B 18 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa All 25px Australia Mark Webber
19 25px Netherlands Jos Verstappen All
25px Italy Fondmetal Minardi Minardi M02 Fondmetal RV10 B 20 25px Spain Marc Gené All 25px Spain Fernando Alonso
21 25px Argentina Gastón Mazzacane All
25px UK Lucky Strike Reynard BAR Honda BAR 002 Honda RA000E B 22 25px Canada Jacques Villeneuve All 25px UK Darren Manning
25px France Patrick Lemarié
23 25px Brazil Ricardo Zonta All

All engines were 3.0 litre, V10 configuration.

Team changes[]

  • After being bought by Ford, the Stewart team was renamed Jaguar Racing, with the team's engines rebadged as Cosworths.
  • Williams switched to BMW engines, replacing the Supertec units of the previous season.
  • Benetton's Supertec engines were rebadged as Playlife V10s for the 2000 season.
  • Following engine designer Brian Hart's departure from the team, Arrows used Supertec engines.
  • The Ford V10s used by Minardi were rebadged as Fondmetal engines, in deference to Gabriele Rumi's financial input to the team.
  • BAR signed a deal with Honda to use their engines for the 2000 season.

Driver changes[]

Changed teams
Entered Formula One
  • Jenson Button made his debut for Williams after beating the team's test driver Bruno Junqueira in a 'shoot-out' test.[3]
  • 1999 International Formula 3000 champion Nick Heidfeld secured a drive with Prost, having previously been a test driver at McLaren.
  • Gastón Mazzacane was promoted to a Minardi race drive for 2000, after spending the previous season as their test driver.
Exited Formula One
Returned to Formula One
Mid-season changes

Formula One 2000 race schedule[]

Round Grand Prix Circuit Date
1 Australian Grand Prix 25px Australia Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne 12 March
2 Brazilian Grand Prix 25px Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 26 March
3 San Marino Grand Prix 25px Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 9 April
4 British Grand Prix 25px UK Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 23 April
5 Spanish Grand Prix 25px Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 7 May
6 European Grand Prix 25px Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg 21 May
7 Monaco Grand Prix 25px Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo 4 June
8 Canadian Grand Prix 25px Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 18 June
9 French Grand Prix 25px France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Nevers 2 July
10 Austrian Grand Prix 25px Austria A1-Ring, Spielberg 16 July
11 German Grand Prix 25px Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 30 July
12 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring, Budapest 13 August
13 Belgian Grand Prix 25px Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 27 August
14 Italian Grand Prix 25px Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 10 September
15 United States Grand Prix 25px United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana 24 September
16 Japanese Grand Prix 25px Japan Suzuka Circuit, Mie Prefecture 8 October
17 Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 22 October

Reports[]

Into the new F1 Season of the new century, the main changes among the top teams was that last year's title contender Eddie Irvine was replaced by Rubens Barrichello for Ferrari and, in Jordan, former world champion Damon Hill had retired, and was replaced by Jarno Trulli.

The first race of the season was in Australia, and the top 5 was exactly similar to last year. The McLaren pair of world champion Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard started 1–2 ahead of the Ferrari pair of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello. The Jordans of Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jarno Trulli were fifth and sixth. During the race, the McLarens kept their positions at the start, while Barrichello lost out to Frentzen. The McLarens pulled away from Schumacher, but on lap 10, Coulthard retired with a misfire. Häkkinen's engine blew up nine laps later, giving the lead to Schumacher. Neither Jordan also lasted the race, Frentzen retiring with a hydraulic failure from second, and Trulli with an engine failure from fourth. All this gave Ferrari an easy 1–2 with Schumacher winning from Barrichello, with Ralf Schumacher, driving for Williams completing the podium.

For the second round in Brazil, the top four were the same again in qualifying, with Häkkinen and Coulthard starting 1–2 ahead of Schumacher and Barrichello. Schumacher, who was on a two-stop strategy took the lead within two laps, built up a 20 second gap, and pitted. He rejoined in second, behind Häkkinen. Coulthard was suffering from gearbox problems, and so was not quick enough. Barrichello, who was also on a two-stopper was stuck behind Häkkinen for 15 laps, before passing him, and this compromised his race. He rejoined fourth after his stop, but his engine blew up soon after. Häkkinen was starting to edge away from Schumacher, until he had to retire with an oil leak. This gave Schumacher the win, ahead of Coulthard and Giancarlo Fisichella. There was controversy after the race when all the drivers in the top six with the exception of Fisichella were excluded because of problems with their wodden floors. The teams appealed but when the FIA was scrutineering the cars again, they found out that the front wing endplates on Coulthard's car were lower than they should have been. Thus, the position of everyone except for Coulthard was reinstated. The final top 3 were: Schumacher, Fisichella and Frentzen. Notably, Jenson Button was sixth, and got his first ever points. He also set the record for the youngest F1 driver to score a point.

After two rounds, Schumacher had a maximum 20 out of 20 points, and no one else had even 10, and notably both McLaren drivers had none. Second was Fisichella with 8, with Barrichello third with 6. Ferrari also had a big lead in the Constructors with 26 points, the second being Benetton with 8 and the third being Williams with 7. McLaren had none.

The third round was in San Marino, and Häkkinen took his third consecutive pole, with Schumacher splitting the McLarens, and Barrichello was fourth. Häkkinen and Schumacher maintained their positions at the start, while Barrichello got past Coulthard. The race developed into a battle between Häkkinen and Schumacher, and a stunning IN and OUT lap during the second round of pitstops got the German in front. Schumacher won, much to the delight of the crowds, with Häkkinen second, and Coulthard third ahead of Barrichello.

The European season started off in Britain, and in a wet-dry qualifying, Barrichello took his third pole position of his career, beating Frentzen by three-thousandth of a second, with the McLarens on the second row, Häkkinen ahead of Coulthard. Schumacher could manage only fifth. At the start, the top two got away well and kept their places, while Coulthard got ahead of his teammate, and Schumacher lost three places. Frentzen was on a two-stop strategy, and pitted, leaving Barrichello leading from Coulthard and Häkkinen. Barrichello kept a gap till his car started suffering from engine and hydraulic problems, and Coulthard took the lead on lap 30 with a superb passing manoeuvre on the outside at Stowe. He pitted two laps later, giving back the lead to the fading Barrichello. Barrichello hung around until lap 35 when he spun at Luffied, and drove his car to the pits only to find out his team weren't ready. He waited until the stop was over, only to find out that he couldn't restart the car as his hydraulics had completely failed. This left him with no option but to retire. Frentzen now led, but after his second stop he rejoined fourth behind the McLarens and Schumacher. Frentzen's gearbox failed 6 laps from the end, forcing him to retire. Coulthard took his second consecutive home victory, ahead of Häkkinen who completed the McLaren 1–2, with Schumacher third.

The win got Coulthard to second in the standings with 14 points, but 20 behind Schumacher who had 34. Häkkinen had 12, and Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher had 9. In the Constructors, Ferrari had 43 points, while McLaren had 26.

Round 5 was in Spain, and Schumacher took his first pole of the year ahead of Häkkinen, Barrichello and Coulthard who was not 100% fit after a plane crash in France. Schumacher and Häkkinen stayed first and second after the start, but their teammates had lost out to Ralf Schumacher. Schumacher stalled during the second round of stops, and lost the lead to Häkkinen. After the stops, Schumacher had a problem with his tyres, and was passed by Coulthard, Ralf and Barrichello. He then pitted, and rejoined fifth. Häkkinen took his first win of the season, with Coulthard making it a second successive McLaren 1–2, and Barrichello completed the podium. Schumacher was fifth behind his brother.

The European Grand Prix, held at the Nurburgring in Germany was next. Coulthard took pole ahead of Schumacher, Häkkinen and Barrichello. Coulthard did not have a great start and was quickly passed by Schumacher. Häkkinen, however, had a blinder and shot past both of them. And then the rains came. Schumacher immediately showed why he was called the 'Regenmeister' or Rainmaster by passing Häkkinen on lap 11 at the chicane. Everyone pitted to change tyres, and the order got scrambled. Schumacher kept the lead, Coulthard and got ahead of Häkkinen and Barrichello was down in ninth. Häkkinen passed Coulthard, who was struggling badly with a problem. There were no more changes at the front. Schumacher won from Häkkinen, Coulthard was third but was lapped, and Barrichello charged back up from ninth to fourth.

With over a third of the season complete, Schumacher led the championship with 46 points, Häkkinen was second with 28, Coulthard was third with 24, and Barrichello was fourth with 16. In the Constructors, Ferrari had 62 points, McLaren had 52, and Williams were best of the rest with 15.

The glamorous Monaco Grand Prix was the seventh round, and Schumacher eased to pole. Jordan found some pace, with Trulli getting second ahead of Coulthard, and Frentzen fourth ahead of Häkkinen. As the race started, the top drivers maintained their places, but in the midfield, Jenson Button tipped Pedro de la Rosa into a spin, blocking the track. The race had to be red-flagged. Out came the second start, and all the drivers started cleanly. The Jordans were not as quick as they were in qualifying, and Trulli was clearly holding up Coulthard, and the latter could do nothing about it. Schumacher shot out into the distance at a second a lap. Then, on lap 37, Trulli retired with a gearbox failure, releasing Coulthard. Coulthard closed in on Schumacher, but with a gap of 36 seconds, there was nothing much he could do until Schumacher had a broken suspension on the 55th lap, forcing him to retire. Häkkinen was fifth until he slowed down with a problem. The team were able to fix it and send him back out again. Frentzen, who was running second punted his car into the wall with 8 laps to go, in an attrition-filled race. Coulthard took the win, ahead of Barrichello and Giancarlo Fisichella, while Häkkinen mustered sixth place.

Now to North America for the Canadian GP. Schumacher took pole ahead of Coulthard, Barrichello and Häkkinen. The top two kept their grid positions into the first corner, but Jacques Villeneuve was up to third ahead of Barrichello and Häkkinen. This allowed the top two to pull away. And then Coulthard was given a 10 second stop-and-go penalty because his mechanics worked on his car less than 15 seconds before the parade lap. He rejoined in the midfield. Barrichello passed Villeneuve on lap 17, but the gap to Schumacher was 20 seconds. Häkkinen took third from Villeneuve on lap 28, and the order settled down until it started raining. Everyone pitted for wets, and the order was shuffled completely. Schumacher stayed first, but Fischella had got ahead of Barrichello and Häkkinen, with Trulli fifth. A mistake from Fisichella allowed Barrichello through into second. Schumacher took his fifth win of the season, with Barrichello making it a Ferrari 1–2 ahead of Fisichella. Häkkinen had to be content with fourth.

With nearly half the season over, Schumacher had a 22 point lead in the standings, with 56 points to Coulthard's 34. Häkkinen and Barrichello were not far behind, with 32 and 28 points respectively. In the Constructors, Ferrari had a 18 point lead over McLaren, with 84 points to the other's 66. Benetton were third with 18.

The French Grand Prix was next on the calendar. Schumacher took his third consecutive pole, and again Coulthard was second, Barrichello third and Häkkinen fourth. When the race started, Schumacher kept first but Coulthard was beaten by Barrichello. Schumacher slowly started to pull away from his teammate and built a lead. Coulthard's car handled better as the fuel load decreased, and on lap 22, he passed Barrichello. During the round of pitstops, Barrichello lost out to Häkkinen. Schumacher's tyres were badly blistered, and so the McLarens and Barrichello started to close in on him. Coulthard tried to pass him at the outside of the Adelaide hairpin but Schumacher pushed him wide. Coulthard was not happy and made a series of irate gestures. A few laps later, Coulthard went for the inside at the same corner and made the move cleanly. Coulthard apologized for his gestures after the race. Schumacher kept second until 12 laps from the end when his engine blew up. Coulthard won, with Häkkinen making it a McLaren 1–2, and Barrichello completed the podium.

The A1-Ring in Austria was the host for Round 10. Häkkinen and Coulthard started 1–2, for the first time since Brazil, with the Ferraris behind. However, it was Barrichello in third and Schumacher was fourth. The McLarens maintained their positions at the start, but there was carnage behind, with the Ferraris at the centre. Trulli hit the back of Barrichello, and at the same time, Ricardo Zonta hit Schumacher, tipping him to a spin. Schumacher spun in Trulli's parth and was hit by Trulli. Both retired. During the mayhem that followed, Mika Salo emerged third and Pedro de la Rosa emerged fourth, with Barrichello down in ninth. The McLarens quickly disappeared into the distance, while de la Rosa took third from Salo. Barrichello charged back up to fourth, which became third when de la Rosa's engine failed, putting him cruelly out from third. Häkkinen and Coulthard gave McLaren their fourth 1–2, with Barrichello finishing third. After the race, McLaren were docked 10 Constructors points because an FIA seal was found to be missing from Häkkinen's car. Häkkinen was not docked any points.

With 10 races out of 17 finished, Schumacher leads the championship with 56 points, but because he retired in the previous two races, the McLarens are within striking distance. Coulthard was only 6 points behind with 50, and Häkkinen a further two points behind with 48. Barrichello was fourth with 36, and Fisichella was fifth with 18. In the Constructors, Ferrari lead by only 4 points now, with 92 compared to McLaren's 88. Williams are third with 19.

Now to Germany, and Coulthard took his second pole ahead of Schumacher, with Fisichella taKing third from Häkkinen in a dry-wet qualifying. Häkkinen had one of his best ever starts, and shot up to first even before the first corner. Schumacher was hit from behind by Fisichella, and both were punted into the wall. This left Häkkinen and Coulthard running 1–2, with no one to challenge them. After 25 laps out of 44, the McLarens were half a minute ahead of third-placed Trulli. de la Rosa was fourth, ahead of Barrichello who was both recovering from a bad qualifying. And then, a disgruntled Mercedes-Benz employee ran to the track with a banner. The safety car was out, while the man was taken away. Everyone took the chance to pit, and Coulthard lost out badly because McLaren could not take both their cars at the same time. As the race restarted, it started raining. However, it rained only in some portion of the track. Everyone with the exception of Barrichello and Frentzen pitted. This left Barrichello leading ahead of Frentzen, Häkkinen, Trulli and Coulthard. Those on dries were lapping as quick as those on wets. Trulli was given a stop-go penalty for overtaking under yellow flags. Frentzen lost second when his gearbox failed. This left Barrichello to take his first ever win ahead of Häkkinen and Coulthard.

The drivers went to Hungary for the next round, and Schumacher took pole ahead of Coulthard, Häkkinen, Ralf Schumacher and Barrichello. Häkkinen again started like a rocket, and beat both Schumacher and Coulthard into the first corner. Häkkinen pulled away, and Coulthard was held up by Schumacher. Coulthard would have got in front of Schumacher at the second round of stops, but lost time behind Gastón Mazzacane and then Marc Gené. This meant he emerged a fraction behind Schumacher. Häkkinen won, with Schumacher and Coulthard making up the podium. Barrichello beat Ralf to fourth.

Häkkinen's win had now given him the lead in the championship, with 64 points to Schumacher's 62. Coulthard was third with 58, and Barrichello fourth with 49. Fisichella was fifth with 18. In the Constructors, McLaren took the lead from Ferrari, a lead of 1 point, with 112 compared to Ferrari's 111. Williams were third with 24.

Round 13 out of 17 was in Belgium. Häkkinen took pole, and much to his joy, Trulli and Button took second and third, pushing Schumacher and Coulthard down to fourth and fifth. It was wet at the start, but the top 5 maintained their positions. Häkkinen immediately set about building up a lead. On lap 5, Button tried to pass Trulli, and they collided. Trulli was out, and Button lost places. Schumacher and Coulthard gladly took second and third. The former now started to close in on Häkkinen, and took the lead when Häkkinen had a half-spin on lap 12. As the track dried out, everyone changed from wet to dry tyres. Coulthard stayed out too long, and dropped from third to ninth. On a dry track, Häkkinen was faster than Schumacher, and chased him down. With four laps to go, he made a move, but Schumacher turned at him and forced him to the grass at 200 mph. On the next lap, when they were coming to lap Ricardo Zonta, the two men took either sides, and when they turned, Häkkinen was ahead. Häkkinen went on to win and Schumacher had to be content with second. Ralf was third, and Coulthard bounced back to finish fourth.

The next round was in Italy, the home of Ferrari. Their drivers didn't disappoint, Schumacher and Barrichello giving them their first 1–2 start of the season, ahead of Häkkinen, Jacques Villeneuve and coulthard. At the start, Schumacher and the McLarens, on the clean side started well, but Barrichello and Villeneuve started badly. Schumacher and Häkkinen were first and second, with Coulthard third. Into the second chicane, and Frentzen just braked too late, and hit the back of Barrichello and Trulli, who were running side by side. All three spun, and Coulthard too was collected in the madness. Later, it came out that a fire marshal, Paolo Ghislimberti was killed after he was hit on the chest by a wheel from this collision. The top 3 at the end of this carnage were: Schumacher, Häkkinen and Ralf. The race restarted after 10 laps behind the safety car, and Schumacher and Häkkinen quickly pulled away from the rest. Häkkinen tried to outpace Schumacher, but he was just not as quick as the latter. Schumacher took his sixth win of the year, ahead of Häkkinen and Ralf. After the race, Schumacher burst into tears in the press conference, when told that he had equalled Ayrton Senna's record of 41 wins, and also about Ghislimberti's death.

With three more races to go, Häkkinen still led Schumacher by 2 points, with 80 compared to the latter's 78. Coulthard was all but out of it, and was third with 61. Barrichello was fourth with 49, Ralf was fifth with 20, and Fisichella sixth with 18. In the Constructors, McLaren had 131 points, and a lead of 4 points over Ferrari who had 127. Williams was third with 30.

The United States Grand Prix hosted the 15th round, and Schumacher took his seventh pole of the season. Coulthard was second, with Häkkinen and Barrichello third and fourth. Before the race, it rained, and so everyone started on wet tyres. The red lights stayed longer than usual for the start, and Coulthard took off a little too early. This gave him the lead, but it was clear that he would suffer a penalty. He led, ahead of Schumacher and Häkkinen. He knew he would have to suffer a penalty, and blocked Schumacher so that his teammate could close in. Schumacher was having none of it, and passed Coulthard on lap 7 at the first corner. The track began to dry out, and Häkkinen pitted for dries. He came out behind Gaston Mazzacane, and was stuck there. He probably lost 13 seconds. Coulthard soon had his penalty and dropped out of contention. The Ferraris stayed out late, and while Schumacher was ten seconds in the lead, Barrichello rejoined in the mid-field. The top 3 after the change for dries were: Schumacher, Häkkinen and Ralf. Häkkinen set a string of fastest laps, and closed down a 10 second gap to Schumacher to 4 in ten laps, only for his engine to blow up on lap 25. Schumacher was left with a big lead ahead of his brother, which became even bigger when Ralf's engine failed with 12 laps to go, giving second to Frentzen. Frentzen, however was soon passed by a charging Barrichello. Schumacher had a spin towards the end, but hit nothing and survived. He went on to win, with Barrichello making it a Ferrari 1–2, and Frentzen completed the podium.

This win, coupled with Häkkinen's retirement gave Schumacher an 8 point lead, and a win in the next round will give him the title. The result also gave Ferrari the lead in the Constructors Championship.

The penultimate round was in Japan, and Schumacher beat Häkkinen to pole by 0.009 seconds. Coulthard was third and Barrichello fourth. The race started in overcast conditions, with rain looming. Häkkinen started off better than Schumacher and took the lead. Coulthard maintained third. The two title contenders, Häkkinen and Schumacher pulled away from the others at over a second a lap and were separated by 2–3 seconds. The first round of stops changed nothing. Then, some rain started spitting down at the track, and Schumacher started to close in. Schumacher's second pitstop was three laps after Häkkinen's, and although he was 2 seconds behind Häkkinen before the stops, he came out 4 seconds ahead. Schumacher won the race, and the championship, with Häkkinen and Coulthard completing the podium. Barrichello finished fourth.

The final round of the season was in Malaysia. Schumacher took pole again, as usual ahead of Häkkinen, Coulthard and aflu-ridden Barrichello. Schumacher had a poor start from pole, and immediately both McLarens were aheads of him. However, it was clear that Häkkinen had jumped the start and will get a penalty. He let Coulthard through, and held up the Ferraris until he went in for the penalty. Coulthard had a good lead, but wasted it by running wide a Turn 3. He pitted before Schumacher, and the time he lost by the mistake gave the lead to Schumacher. The two ran together for the rest of the race, with Barrichello unable to keep up. Schumacher won again, ahead of Coulthard and Barrichello, and this ensured the Constructors championship for Ferrari. Häkkinen charged back to finish fourth.

At the end of the season, Schumacher was champion with 108 points, Häkkinen was second with 89, Coulthard third with 73, Barrichello fourth with 62, Ralf fifth with 24 and Fisichella sixth with 18. In the Constructors, Ferrari won with 170 points, McLaren were second with 152, and Williams were third with 36.

Results and standings[]

Grands Prix[]

Round Grand Prix Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Constructor Report
1 25px Australia Australian Grand Prix 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Italy Ferrari Report
2 25px Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Italy Ferrari Report
3 25px Flag of San Marino San Marino Grand Prix 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Italy Ferrari Report
4 25px UK British Grand Prix 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px UK David Coulthard 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
5 25px Spain Spanish Grand Prix 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
6 25px Germany European Grand Prix 25px UK David Coulthard 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Italy Ferrari Report
7 25px Monaco Monaco Grand Prix 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px UK David Coulthard 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
8 25px Canada Canadian Grand Prix 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Italy Ferrari Report
9 25px France French Grand Prix 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px UK David Coulthard 25px UK David Coulthard 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
10 25px Austria Austrian Grand Prix 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px UK David Coulthard 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
11 25px Germany German Grand Prix 25px UK David Coulthard 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello 25px Italy Ferrari Report
12 25px Flag of Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
13 25px Belgium Belgian Grand Prix 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes Report
14 25px Italy Italian Grand Prix 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Italy Ferrari Report
15 25px USA United States Grand Prix 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px UK David Coulthard 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Italy Ferrari Report
16 25px Japan Japanese Grand Prix 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Italy Ferrari Report
17 25px Flag of Malaysia Malaysian Grand Prix 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Italy Ferrari Report

Drivers[]

Pos Driver AUS
25px Australia
BRA
25px Brazil
SMR
25px Flag of San Marino
GBR
25px UK
ESP
25px Spain
EUR
25px Germany
MON
25px Monaco
CAN
25px Canada
FRA
25px France
AUT
25px Austria
GER
25px Germany
HUN
25px Flag of Hungary
BEL
25px Belgium
ITA
25px Italy
USA
25px USA
JPN
25px Japan
MAL
25px Flag of Malaysia
Points
1 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 1 1 1 3 5 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 2 1 1 1 1 108
2 25px Finland Mika Häkkinen Ret Ret 2 2 1 2 6 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 Ret 2 4 89
3 25px UK David Coulthard Ret DSQ 3 1 2 3 1 7 1 2 3 3 4 Ret 5 3 2 73
4 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello 2 Ret 4 Ret 3 4 2 2 3 3 1 4 Ret Ret 2 4 3 62
5 25px Germany Ralf Schumacher 3 5 Ret 4 4 Ret Ret 14 5 Ret 7 5 3 3 Ret Ret Ret 24
6 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella 5 2 11 7 9 5 3 3 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 14 9 18
7 25px Canada Jacques Villeneuve 4 Ret 5 16 Ret Ret 7 15 4 4 8 12 7 Ret 4 6 5 17
8 25px UK Jenson Button Ret 6 Ret 5 17 10 Ret 11 8 5 4 9 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 12
9 25px Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Ret 3 Ret 17 6 Ret 10 Ret 7 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret 3 Ret Ret 11
10 25px Italy Jarno Trulli Ret 4 15 6 12 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret 9 7 Ret Ret Ret 13 12 6
11 25px Finland Mika Salo DSQ DNS 6 8 7 Ret 5 Ret 10 6 5 10 9 7 Ret 10 8 6
12 25px Netherlands Jos Verstappen Ret 7 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 13 15 4 Ret Ret 10 5
13 25px UK Eddie Irvine Ret Ret 7 13 11 Ret 4 13 13 PO 10 8 10 Ret 7 8 6 4
14 25px Brazil Ricardo Zonta 6 9 12 Ret 8 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 14 12 6 6 9 Ret 3
15 25px Austria Alexander Wurz 7 Ret 9 9 10 12 Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret 11 13 5 10 Ret 7 2
16 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 16 16 Ret Ret 12 Ret 2
17 25px UK Johnny Herbert Ret Ret 10 12 13 11 9 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 Ret 11 7 Ret 0
18 25px Brazil Pedro Diniz Ret DNS 8 11 Ret 7 Ret 10 11 9 Ret Ret 11 8 8 11 Ret 0
19 25px Spain Marc Gené 8 Ret Ret 14 14 Ret Ret 16 15 8 Ret 15 14 9 12 Ret Ret 0
20 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld 9 Ret Ret Ret 16 EX 8 Ret 12 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 0
21 25px Argentina Gastón Mazzacane Ret 10 13 15 15 8 Ret 12 Ret 12 11 Ret 17 10 Ret 15 13 0
22 25px France Jean Alesi Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 11 0
23 25px Brazil Luciano Burti 11 0
Pos Driver AUS
25px Australia
BRA
25px Brazil
SMR
25px Flag of San Marino
GBR
25px UK
ESP
25px Spain
EUR
25px Germany
MON
25px Monaco
CAN
25px Canada
FRA
25px France
AUT
25px Austria
GER
25px Germany
HUN
25px Flag of Hungary
BEL
25px Belgium
ITA
25px Italy
USA
25px USA
JPN
25px Japan
MAL
25px Flag of Malaysia
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish, inc. non-classified finish
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Light blue Practiced only (PO)
Friday test driver (TD) - 2003-2007 only
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Injured or ill (Inj)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)


Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Constructors[]

Pos Constructor Car
no.
AUS
25px Australia
BRA
25px Brazil
SMR
25px Flag of San Marino
GBR
25px UK
ESP
25px Spain
EUR
25px Germany
MON
25px Monaco
CAN
25px Canada
FRA
25px France
AUT
25px Austria
GER
25px Germany
HUN
25px Flag of Hungary
BEL
25px Belgium
ITA
25px Italy
USA
25px USA
JPN
25px Japan
MAL
25px Flag of Malaysia
Points
1 25px Italy Ferrari 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 2 1 1 1 1 170
4 2 Ret 4 Ret 3 4 2 2 3 3 1 4 Ret Ret 2 4 3
2 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes 1 Ret Ret 2 2 1 2 6 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 Ret 2 4 152
2 Ret DSQ 3 1 2 3 1 7 1 2 3 3 4 Ret 5 3 2
3 25px UK Williams-BMW 9 3 5 Ret 4 4 Ret Ret 14 5 Ret 7 5 3 3 Ret Ret Ret 36
10 Ret 6 Ret 5 17 10 Ret 11 8 5 4 9 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret
4 25px Italy Benetton-Playlife 11 5 2 11 7 9 5 3 3 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 14 9 20
12 7 Ret 9 9 10 12 Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret 11 13 5 10 Ret 7
5 25px UK BAR-Honda 22 4 Ret 5 16 Ret Ret 7 15 4 4 8 12 7 Ret 4 6 5 20
23 6 9 12 Ret 8 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 14 12 6 6 9 Ret
6 25px Flag of the Republic of Ireland Jordan-Mugen-Honda 5 Ret 3 Ret 17 6 Ret 10 Ret 7 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret 3 Ret Ret 17
6 Ret 4 15 6 12 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret 9 7 Ret Ret Ret 13 12
7 25px UK Arrows-Supertec 18 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 16 16 Ret Ret 12 Ret 7
19 Ret 7 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 13 15 4 Ret Ret 10
8 25px Switzerland Sauber-Petronas 16 Ret DNS 8 11 Ret 7 Ret 10 11 9 Ret Ret 11 8 8 11 Ret 6
17 DSQ DNS 6 8 7 Ret 5 Ret 10 6 5 10 9 7 Ret 10 8
9 25px UK Jaguar-Cosworth 7 Ret Ret 7 13 11 Ret 4 13 13 11 10 8 10 Ret 7 8 6 4
8 Ret Ret 10 12 13 11 9 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 Ret 11 7 Ret
10 25px Italy Minardi-Fondmetal 20 8 Ret Ret 14 14 Ret Ret 16 15 8 Ret 15 14 9 12 Ret Ret 0
21 Ret 10 13 15 15 8 Ret 12 Ret 12 11 Ret 17 10 Ret 15 13
11 25px France Prost-Peugeot 14 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 11 0
15 9 Ret Ret Ret 16 EX 8 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret
Pos Constructor Car
no.
AUS
25px Australia
BRA
25px Brazil
SMR
25px Flag of San Marino
GBR
25px UK
ESP
25px Spain
EUR
25px Germany
MON
25px Monaco
CAN
25px Canada
FRA
25px France
AUT
25px Austria
GER
25px Germany
HUN
25px Flag of Hungary
BEL
25px Belgium
ITA
25px Italy
USA
25px USA
JPN
25px Japan
MAL
25px Flag of Malaysia
Points

Notes[]

  • To keep costs down, the V10 engine configuration was made mandatory in 2000 so that engine builders would not develop and experiment with other configurations.[4] The V10 configuration had been the most popular since the banning of turbocharged engines in 1989, and no other configuration had been used since 1998.
  • This season held the record for least number of drivers competing in a single season with only 1 driver change (Luciano Burti deputising for an ill Eddie Irvine in Austria) putting the total at 23 (similar to 2002 season). This record stood until 2008, where there were no driver changes.

External links[]

References[]

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